The Mental Health Commission of Canada's (MHCC) strategy calls for promoting the health
and wellbeing of all Canadians and to improve mental health outcomes. Each year, one in …

BACKGROUND Over the past five years, Canada's foreign-born population grew four times
faster than the Canadian-born population. Today, Canada's foreign-born population …

The experiences of settlement in a new country (eg, securing housing and employment,
language barriers) pose numerous challenges for recent immigrants that can impede their …

Forced migration is likely to continue to grow in the coming years due to climate change,
disease outbreaks, conflict, and other factors. There are a huge number of challenges to …

Background Youth comprise a significant portion of the total immigrant population in
Canada. Immigrant and refugee youth often have different migration trajectories and …

OBJECTIVES: Studies worldwide point to increased risk of mental health problems among
immigrants. However, the data on Canadian immigrants' mental health are ambiguous. To …

The arrival of large numbers of economic migrants and refugees has seen the Swedish
immigrant population increase rapidly. Research has shown that immigrants may be more …

Background: Few studies of the healthy immigrant effect (HIE) have examined the mental
health outcomes of Canadian‑born individuals on a national scale compared with …

Do refugees have lower levels of positive mental health than other migrants? If so, to what
extent is this attributable to post-migration experiences, including discrimination? How does …

Mental health problems have been regarded as one of the main public health challenges of
immigrants in several countries. Understanding and generating research-based knowledge …